Well, kinda good news. By getting a packageinfo.vdf from a new Steam version, converting it to the old format with PackageInfoConverter (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tyAKh00acJgtjk-poBABud40VR7ft37E/view), and putting the output file into Steam\appcache, the package will work again! Just make sure to make packageinfo.vdf read-only, otherwise the installation will break again!

~~(FORGET ABOUT THIS) Final edit: For a majority of users, Steam's new login system has broken all clients released before June 2020. Steam on XP is dead for good now, rendering this package completely useless.~~

EDIT (18th of January, 2020):
Make sure you keep your root certificates updated with this:
https://msfn.org/board/topic/175170-root-certificates-and-revoked-certificates-for-windows-xp/page/3/?tab=comments#comment-1110568

IMPORTANT: Make sure you download config.vdf included in the directory listing and put it in the "config" folder in Steam's installation directory. You won't be able to download games without doing this step. Thanks to u/TheArtBellStalker for providing this fix.

In 2019, Valve is no longer rolling out XP/Vista compatible Steam Client builds, leaving many older PCs without a legitimate way to play many games.

Since the November 26 build still connects to the Steam servers, this means that with this archived build, XP/Vista users will have some more time to enjoy their games legitimately, maybe even permanently if the community does something with this.
Auto-updates have been disabled.

Valve plz don't fix.

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